estatesalestuff
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posted on February 13, 2005 02:28:00 PM new
Local friend of ours wants opinions on what the purpose of this shaker might have been? ... I told her I would ask the veritable fountain of knowledge (over here) ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6511498465&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
any ideas? ..... she says it is a little over 5" tall with the lid on.
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dacreson
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posted on February 13, 2005 03:06:25 PM new
Your kidding Right! Looks like just an add to get us to look.
Tell me is not true....Please....
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classicrock000
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posted on February 13, 2005 03:13:21 PM new
"what the purpose of this shaker might have been"
ahhh to make milk shakes???
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estatesalestuff
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posted on February 13, 2005 03:16:30 PM new
dacreson! ... uh ...noooooooo ... i could care less if ANY body takes a look at her stuff (would rather have people look at MY stuff! lol) ... SHE simply asked me what i thought the shaker was used for, and I'm not sure since it's 5 in. tall... would be too tall to be a salt shaker ....
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ltray
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posted on February 13, 2005 03:23:02 PM new
ES, it is probably a talc bottle as she described.
Since you said she is a friend, I'm going to am trying to be nice, but if I read one more beautiful or gorgeous in her description titles, I am going to be sick!
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estatesalestuff
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posted on February 13, 2005 04:42:05 PM new
lol, ltray ... yes ... i'm trying to be 'nice' to her, too; she IS new in the 'selling' part of ebay. (i haven;t even told her "yet" how hard it is on my eyes to read ALL CAPS on her listings  ... ) I will probably get around to that soon ... Thanks for your thoughts ...
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fenix03
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posted on February 13, 2005 04:46:44 PM new
I would also suggest that the fact the she cannot make out the mark does not mean she should not include a pic of it. Someone else might recognize it.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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estatesalestuff
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posted on February 13, 2005 04:51:42 PM new
hi fenix ... i have never seen her get a clear pic of a mark ... I am sure she has a not-good camera ... I will also be eventually telling her she needs a much better camera. ... thanks ...
Hey, i SAID she's local, and i recently bought a mixing bowl size i really need from her,that she is going to deliver this week ... I will tell her to bring that shaker along and I'll take a close-up of the mark for her ...
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photosensitive
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posted on February 13, 2005 04:58:17 PM new
Does she have a scanner? I have found that with anything with a more or less flat base a scanner will do really well on marks.
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The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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estatesalestuff
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posted on February 13, 2005 05:40:55 PM new
I'm pretty sure she doesn't have a scanner either ... only because I'm thinking if she DID, she would know how to do scan., but i'll ask her.
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cta
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posted on February 13, 2005 08:42:49 PM new
I would guess from the size and the number of holes in the top, that this is a Sugar Shaker/Muffineer. The holes look a little small but it's possible.
~ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. ~
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sparkz
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posted on February 13, 2005 09:07:57 PM new
The design and size indicate it is C. 1600 and from Salem Mass. The size of the holes are consistent with those used to dispense dried bat wings. It was probably used in some obscure witchcraft ritual. She really needs to move it to the proper category and set a high enough reserve so that some sharp bidder doesn't grab it for a measly hundred dollars or so.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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crowfarm
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posted on February 13, 2005 09:19:13 PM new
I suggest she work on her spelling especially in her titles.....a "picture" is quite a different thing than a "pitcher".
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ltray
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posted on February 13, 2005 10:36:26 PM new
Speaking of Talc powder...
lol, Tomii, I see you have branched out
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&tc=photo&rd=1&item=7953064347&category=50434
[ edited by ltray on Feb 13, 2005 10:41 PM ]
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